Workers at the Brattleboro Food Co-op have agreed to join the United Food and Commercial Workers Union, Local 1459.

Eligible co-op employees voted 74-45 in favor of joining the union during the vote which was held Wednesday in the co-op's community room.

Workers at the Brattleboro Food Co-op have announced their intention to organize a union. A group of workers formally made the request at the Co-op’s Board of Directors’ meeting on Monday night.

UFCW Local 1459 President Dan Clifford, Rick Brown Secretary Treasurer, and retired member Rev. Jonathan Tetherley join the rest of the Union Community Fund Board in accepting the Philip Duck Community Award for raising and donating $40,000 to victims of last years tornado. floods, and wind shears.

On August 8th, the Franklin Community Coop Board of Directors reaffirmed its voluntary recognition of a union represented by UFCW Local 1459 after a large majority of the 75 workers at the food coop's two locations signed a petition requesting union representation.

Local 1459 union rep Jeff Jones and dozens of UFCW members from around the country pitched in this past week to take out Scott Walker, Wisconsin's notoriously anti-union governor.